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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1975
Lester R Kampman, Vinton, IA (US);
James H Hodgson, Vinton, IA (US);
Chromalloy American Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A wheeled carrier for hay or the like has a low bed that may be tilted from a horizontal transport position rearwardly for rear loading or forwardly for front loading, and has a draft tongue secured by a transverse pivot adjacent a front corner of the bed and swingable laterally about an upright pivot so that the carrier may be towed directly behind a tractor for transporting a load or offset from the tractor for front loading. The bed consists of a set of short front parallel rails and a set of long rear parallel rails; and longitudinal chain conveyor means for both sets of rails has a single drive shaft that extends through overlapping inner end portions of both sets and may be driven in either direction. The extremities of the conveyor means are on idler sprockets with no continuous cross shafts.